All Saints Day

The Good Doctor

A day late, but oh well.

"To the Angelic Doctor, we owe the concordance of philosophy and religion, and the admonition never to cite revelation in the proof of a philosophical proposition. Centuries before, Origen had called God the author of two books: scripture and nature. Because of this, Aquinas held that if revelation seemed to conflict with nature, one or the other (or both) had not been properly understood." ~Michael Flynn, "The Age of Faith and Reason"

Since yesterday was the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps we can reflect on how the wisdom of the Dumb Ox has shaped the course of philosophy and how much our modern scientific age owes its metaphysical assumptions to him. Perhaps we should celebrate, as Mike Flynn suggests, by doing something logical.

Elsewhere around the interblogs, Mark Shea is celebrating by discussing whether or not Friday really was the feast of St. Thomas.